The Migration Department has revoked the permanent residence permit in Lithuania of Valery Ivanov, the former leader of the pro-Soviet organisation Yedinstvo.
“The Migration Department confirms that Russian citizen Valery Ivanov has had his permanent residence permit in Lithuania revoked. This decision was taken after the Migration Department carried out an investigation, analysed publicly available information, and received additional information from the country’s responsible institutions,” the Migration Department said in comments sent to BNS on Thursday.
The decision was sent to Ivanov on Wednesday and can be appealed within 14 days.
LNK TV News was the first to break the news.
“When the court agrees that I have to leave Lithuania, my homeland, then I will have to consider this issue somehow,” Ivanov told LNK TV.
In late September, Lithuanian prosecutors notified the former leader of Yedinstvo of suspicions raised against him regarding public approval of international and Soviet crimes against Lithuania, as well as regarding assisting another state to act against Lithuania.
According to the Migration Department, even if the decision to revoke Ivanov’s permit were to become final before the end of the criminal proceedings, he would be obliged to stay in Lithuania while the proceedings continue, and he would be subject to detention measures.
However, he would be obliged to leave after the end of the trial and the entry into force of the decision.
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